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From: jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX 1.2 for PS/2 and Boca serial card ? Won't work.
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.182102.13440@turnkey.tcc.com>
Date: 26 Mar 91 18:21:02 GMT
References: <24972@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel)
Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Westchester, CA
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In article <24972@hydra.gatech.EDU> hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) writes:
>Is there any way to use a Boca Serial/Par card under AIX 1.2 for the
>PS/2? I have a model 80 running AIX 1.2 (at CSU 1009) with the Boca
>card (2 ser., 1 par.). The card is recognized fine by the NVRAM and
>by DOS, but when I run AIX "devices", it says all I have is s1, the
>planar serial port.
 

New hardware generally means new device drivers, unless it 'looks' like
something the system already knows about. I am not familiar with this
particular card but I suspect that it will not work without a new driver
to support it. I would suggest you talk to the vendor who supplied the
hardware. There is also some sort of official list of supported hardware
somewhere, although I haven't seen it, you might check if this card is
on this list.

Disclaimer: I only work here, I don't speak for the company.

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Jack F. Vogel			jackv@locus.com
AIX370 Technical Support	       - or -
Locus Computing Corp.		jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM